medical ethics

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medical ethics

Medical ethics

essays on abortion and euthanasia
1989
Discusses the philosophical and moral issues related to the killing of the young, sick, and elderly by the medical professionals.

Testing the medical covenant

active euthanasia and health care reform
1996
Explores the debate over physician-assisted suicide and access to health care, looking at the implications of the medical covenant with regard to euthanasia and health care reform, and provides a covenantal view of professional character and virtue.

Let's talk

an honest conversation on critical issues: abortion, euthanasia, AIDS, health care
1992
Two contemporary physicians engage in a debate over the issues of abortion, euthanasia, AIDS, and the health care system.

Life choices

confronting the life and death decisions created by modern medicine
1986

By trust betrayed

patients, physicians, and the license to kill in the Third Reich
1995
A study of the systematic murder of physically and mentally disabled people in the Third Reich based on captured Nazi documents, transcripts of testimony of the doctors and other participants in the killing program, and personal interviews.

The right to die?

2006
Presents an examination of the issues related to the right to die, providing information on longevity, suicide, euthanasia, dying with dignity, and more.

Doctors from hell

the horrific account of Nazi experiments on humans
2005

Taking sides

clashing views on controversial bioethical issues
1993

Bioethics

dilemmas in modern medicine
1985
Examines the moral aspects of health care and biological experiments, including such issues as abortion, the rights of patients, mercy killing, and genetic engineering.

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